Around 15 men each year have their penises chopped off by their wives and the highest proportion of men who suffer this are Italians.

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A red blood cell can pass through a person's entire body in 20 seconds.

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By the time a person is 18, they would have spent 12,000 hours in school, but 14,000 hours watching television.

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Ireland is the largest nation of tea drinkers. Britain comes second.

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Ireland is the largest nation of tea drinkers. Britain comes second.The stats on per capita consumption supplied by Euromonitor International and calculated as tea imports divided by population.
The world leader is Turkey at 6.96 pounds per person with Ireland (4.83 lbs.) and England (4.28 lbs.) trailing. While India (.72 lbs.) and China (1.25 lbs.) each produce more than a billion metric tons of tea.

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Coffees universal appeal: It is estimated that more than two billion cups are drunk worldwide every day. What is it about coffee that makes it the worlds favourite beverage? Many would point to its unique, instantly recognizable aroma that seems to improve our mood, even before we take a sip. -
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In the Biblical story of the birth of Christ, nowhere does it state that there were THREE wisemen. It only reports of three specific gifts.

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History of coffee goes at least as far back as the 13th century with a number of reports surrounding its first use. The original native population of coffee is thought to have come from East Africa, specifically from Ethiopia, and it was first cultivated by Arabs from the 14th century.

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The first bible was written hundreds of years after the birth of Christ, therefore it is all hearsay.

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Men fart an average of 17 times a day, and women fart an average of 9 times a day.
If you fart constantly for 6 years, 9 months and 23 days you would produce enough gas to explode an atomic bomb.

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